Vavoline "Durablend" Engine Oil can it be used

[brad]

Thanks Brad.......I'm just wondering why its not listed on erWin?? only the 5-30 Durablend MXL is listed.

I have noticed that the VW oil approval list is Euro-centric & doesn't take into account unique differences in specifications of Australian marketed products - maybe that's it.

Personally, I can live with 502.00 but the semi-synth in a turbo engine would worry me and at a minimum I'd be doing early changes at 5000-7500km.

It's been mentioned before that the 502.00 spec is pretty old now & it isn't overly hard to meet the spec, so there could be a large difference in oil properties between the "worst" 502.00 & the best 502.00.

[brad]

If your car is a non-diesel polo then it's fine, if you have a diesel then it needs 502/504.

502.00 & 504.00 are both oil specifications for petrol engines.

A non-dpf diesel would (probably) be 505.00 and any diesel with a DPF is 507.00.

The OP states in his first post that he has a 77tsi

[Transporter]

A non-dpf diesel would (probably) be 505.00 and any diesel with a DPF is 507.00.

The OP states in his first post that he has a 77tsi

Most non DPF diesels if not all of them from 2003 would need VW507.00 or 505.01 or 506.01. The 507.00 supersedes them all (except 506.01 in some applications).
With such a small price difference (except 506.01) using anything else than 507.00 is not justified.

[brad]

With such a small price difference (except 506.01) using anything else than 507.00 is not justified.

Cheap now - not worth quibbling over. Valvoline Synpower XLIII is only $50 at Repco at the moment.

About the only reason to stray away from 504.00/507.00 is if you want to move away from 5w-30 viscosity for some reason.